Pictured is a file photo of a Camden police officer patrolling a street in the city.Noah Addis/For The Star-Ledger

CAMDEN — After a woman was found
dead at a fire in an abandoned building Friday afternoon, police are
now ruling the death a homicide, according to Camden Police Chief Scott
Thomson.

Rhonda Scott, 38, of the 500 block of Grant Street in Camden, was found
dead in an abandoned home on the 1700 block of Tioga Street having
sustained multiple stab wounds and was severely burned, according to
Camden Police Chief Scott Thomson and Camden County Prosecutor Warren
Faulk.

The prosecutor's office also believes that the fire was set
intentionally and have reported the death as a homicide as of Saturday
morning.

There are currently no suspects in the case and it remains under investigation.